Alf Richards
Full names: Alfred Renfrew
Date of birth: 14 Dec 1867
Place of birth: Grahamstown
School: Leys, Cambridge, UK
Springbok no: 6
Debut test province: Western Province

Date of death: 9 Jan 1904 (Age 36)

Test summary: Tests: 3 Tries: 0

First Test: 30 Jul 1891 Age:23 Inside Centre against Britain at Crusaders (St George's Park), Port Elizabeth

Last Test: 5 Sep 1891 Age:23 Inside Centre against Britain at Newlands, Cape Town

Test history:

Date	Age	Position	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Prov
30 Jul 1891	23	Inside Centre	Britain	Lose: 0-4		Crusaders (St George's Park), Port Elizabeth	WP
29 Aug 1891	23	Halfback	Britain	Lose: 0-3		Eclectic Cricket Ground, Kimberley	WP
05 Sep 1891	23	Inside Centre (C)	Britain	Lose: 0-4		Newlands, Cape Town	WP

Alf Richards : Doc Craven

"Alf", South Africa's third rugby captain, emulated "H.H." Castens feat in captaining South Africa at cricket. He led South Africa's cricketers in 1895/96 as an opening batsman and also scored a century against Natal when playing for Western Province.

Like Ben Duff, Marthinus Versfeld and "Chubb" Vigne, Alf played in all three tests against the touring 1891 British Isles, captaining South Africa in the third.

Alf, who was considerd the equal of any of the visitors, died in the Salisbury hospital on the 9^th January, 1904 at the very early age of 36 years.